Olive View-UCLA Medical Center TB unit

A 1939 photo of Ward 301 of the Olive View sanitarium. Olive View-UCLA Medical Center's new high-tech tuberculosis unit came about as part of a $53-million federally funded renovation of the public hospital's emergency room to equip it for a bioterrorism attack. For now, it serves highly infectious or difficult-to-treat TB patients.

A 1939 photo of Ward 301 of the Olive View sanitarium. Olive View-UCLA Medical Center's new high-tech tuberculosis unit came about as part of a $53-million federally funded renovation of the public hospital's emergency room to equip it for a bioterrorism attack. For now, it serves highly infectious or difficult-to-treat TB patients. (Olive View UCLA Medical Center)

A 1939 photo of Ward 301 of the Olive View sanitarium. Olive View-UCLA Medical Center's new high-tech tuberculosis unit came about as part of a $53-million federally funded renovation of the public hospital's emergency room to equip it for a bioterrorism attack. For now, it serves highly infectious or difficult-to-treat TB patients.Olive View UCLA Medical Center